Chapter 384

Lanie

“Little cars are listening, love,” I said as calmly as I could to Xander, trying to remind him that the children

were present.

I didn’t want our pups to be scared, even though it was all I could do to keep myself from screaming at my

grandfather that I needed to talk to him. Stella’s small hand crept into mine and squeezed. When I looked down at her, she was smiling brightly up at me.

Because she knew I was upset? Or just because she was my sunny-faced angel? I bent to scoop her up,

staggering a step under her weight. She was getting too big to be carried, but I didn’t want to put her down. It could be the last time I ever picked her up.

I rubbed my nose against her cheek, and she hugged me hard.

“Love you, Mama,” she said, which was a nice change from being called Mother.

Malachi, Xander, and Mason were muttering about the lights, power surges, the evidence of strangers in

the nearby town. Alpha stuff. It was clear I’d have to wait my turn.

“Xander,” I repeated. “You and Mason should go with Malachi somewhere else to talk about this.””

Mason looked over at us. He put his hand on his brother’s shoulder. “She’s right. Malachi, we should take

this back to the conference room.”

this.”

nodded silently and used our link to think, “Sorry,

the leadership council,” Malachi said. “They all need to

three of them

His face

More like he

Stella said in her high, clear voice. “Will you play with

walked immediately toward the stacks of board games on the bookshelves.

out if she was reading me, or if she was

wanted him to do. It made sense that he’d agree to play with them. It wasn’t

the way she looked at me made me think

situation.

myself from doing this. No matter what my daughter was able to do, I had to find out, not keep guessing and making silent

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Chapter 384

knock came at the door, and I answered it. It wasn’t the food this time, either, but Greyson, who stepped through the doorway when I stood aside to let him in.

fine.”

okay?” Greyson addressed Zane. “You took off so fast.

and I exchanged

that’s all,”

nodded. “I’d assume so, since the lights were

Izzy. Let’s go play in my room,”

shot a look at me over her shoulder

closed the door.

my throat. My entire body

a power surge like my

dangerous than that. All four of

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